Table 16_4_7-2b

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 16_4_7.2b
Adults who did not have problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, by ethnicity, United States, 2007
		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73.9	0.7	75.1	0.7	76.6	0.8	70.4	2.3	61.2	2.2
Age	18-44	68.6	1.2	69.8	1.3	71.4	1.5	65.2	3.8	60.0	3.2
	45-64	72.6	1.1	73.9	1.1	75.3	1.3	70.6	3.4	57.0	3.7
	65 and over	83.1	1.2	83.8	1.2	84.7	1.3	80.4	3.2	72.5	4.5
Gender	Male	74.5	1.0	76.2	1.0	77.9	1.1	68.3	3.3	56.8	3.4
Gender	Female	73.4	0.9	74.3	0.9	75.6	1.0	71.7	2.9	64.3	2.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	61.0	2.1	63.3	2.3	63.3	3.0	64.0	3.9	51.0	4.6
	Near poor/low	70.3	1.9	71.3	2.1	74.5	2.2	57.9	5.1	64.8	3.7
	Middle	72.9	1.4	74.7	1.4	76.6	1.5	69.2	4.5	57.6	4.0
	High	77.7	1.0	78.2	1.0	78.8	1.1	82.2	3.2	69.0	4.5
Education^b	Less than high school	67.7	1.8	69.5	2.3	72.3	2.7	63.8	5.0	62.4	2.8
	High school graduate	74.6	1.4	76.1	1.5	77.8	1.5	69.5	4.0	56.3	4.3
	At least some college	75.2	0.9	75.8	0.9	76.8	1.0	73.3	3.0	64.2	3.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	72.2	0.9	73.3	1.0	74.4	1.1	71.1	3.5	60.6	2.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	66.0	1.7	67.7	1.8	70.5	2.0	61.9	4.2	54.6	4.0
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	74.9	0.9	75.7	1.0	76.8	1.0	74.0	3.1	65.8	2.9
	Public only	55.9	2.7	57.8	3.0	59.4	3.7	61.2	5.1	48.4	5.1
	Uninsured	48.8	2.8	49.1	3.3	50.6	3.8	DSU	DSU	47.8	5.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	83.1	2.1	84.0	2.2	84.4	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	85.7	1.6	86.2	1.6	86.8	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	70.9	3.9	68.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	74.0	0.7	75.3	0.7	76.9	0.8	71.2	2.4	61.5	2.3
	Large central metro	70.4	1.4	72.3	1.5	73.4	1.8	71.6	3.2	60.9	2.9
	Large fringe metro	75.4	1.4	75.9	1.4	77.0	1.5	74.7	3.9	68.1	5.1
	Medium metro	77.1	1.4	78.7	1.3	81.2	1.3	60.7	6.7	57.8	5.4
	Small metro	73.6	1.8	74.4	1.9	74.5	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	73.4	2.2	74.1	2.2	75.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	74.1	2.8	74.8	2.8	76.1	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	71.9	2.9	72.3	3.0	74.0	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	75.4	0.7	75.8	0.7	77.0	0.8	70.7	2.3	65.2	3.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	55.7	2.6	52.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	57.5	2.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	76.5	0.7	77.5	0.8	78.9	0.8	71.7	2.8	64.3	2.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	63.7	1.5	65.3	1.7	66.3	2.0	67.6	4.3	54.2	3.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	71.8	1.4	72.9	1.5	74.6	1.7	66.1	4.1	59.7	4.9
	Complex activities	65.1	2.1	66.4	2.2	67.5	2.5	64.8	4.7	53.7	5.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	74.6	0.8	76.0	0.8	77.5	0.9	71.7	2.7	60.9	2.5
U.S. born	Yes	75.4	0.7	76.0	0.7	76.9	0.8	71.2	2.4	62.3	3.6
U.S. born	No	63.2	2.0	65.4	2.8	71.0	4.3	DSU	DSU	60.2	2.5

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 16_4_7-2b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_4_7-2b.html